NatWest SeriesMatch 1 · ODI
England beat Sri Lanka by 44 runs - Match Info
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Match 1, ODI · NatWest Series 2002
- Date
- (Thu 27 Jun, 15:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 44 runs
- Player of the match
- Andrew Flintoff
- Umpires
- Dave Orchard (South Africa), DR Shepherd
- TV umpire
- Neil Mallender (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Mike Procter (South Africa)
Head to head (ODI)
Played 87 · ENG won 43 · SL won 40 · Tied 1 · No result 3
Last 5 meetings
- 3rd ODI · England tour of Sri Lanka · SL 166/0 v ENG 165/9Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets (with 97 balls remaining)
- 2nd ODI · England tour of Sri Lanka · SL 226/6 v ENG 160Sri Lanka won by 66 runs
- 1st ODI · England tour of Sri Lanka · SL 144/5 v ENG 143Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 55 balls remaining)
- 1st Match · 1999 Cricket World Cup · ENG 207/2 v SL 204England won by 8 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
- 13th Match · 1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series · ENG 170/9 v SL 181/7Sri Lanka won by 11 runs
Recent results (ODI)
- L vs NZ · NZ 223/5 v ENG 218/8New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
- W vs NZ · NZ 189 v ENG 193/6England won by 33 runs (D/L method)
- W vs NZ · NZ 201 v ENG 244/5England won by 43 runs
- L vs NZ · NZ 244/8 v ENG 89New Zealand won by 155 runs
- L vs NZ · NZ 198/6 v ENG 196New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
ENG v SL ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Hick ENG | 15 | 587 | 126 | 48.92 | 72.74 |
| Alec Stewart ENG | 15 | 429 | 88 | 28.60 | 68.42 |
| Aravinda de Silva SL | 13 | 392 | 80 | 39.20 | 88.29 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana SL | 12 | 389 | 102 | 35.36 | 78.43 |
| Marvan Atapattu SL | 11 | 367 | 132 | 40.78 | 60.66 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muttiah Muralitharan SL | 11 | 20 | 3.41 |
| Darren Gough ENG | 12 | 19 | 4.26 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya SL | 13 | 16 | 4.70 |
| Alan Mullally ENG | 10 | 14 | 3.77 |
| WPUJC Vaas SL | 10 | 10 | 3.86 |
ODIs at Trent Bridge
- Matches
- 22
- Average 1st-innings score
- 250
- Won batting first
- 12
- Won chasing
- 9
- Highest total
- 363/7 by England ()